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語源

Blend of synthetic +‎ fuel.

名詞

synfuel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 synfuels)

1. Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.

   Hyponyms: biofuel, syngas, blue hydrogen

   • 2010, Naomi Oreskes; Erik M. Conway, chapter 6, in Merchants of Doubt:

     President Jimmy Carter was proposing a major effort to increase U.S. energy independence by developing “synfuels”—liquid fuels made from coal, oil shales, and tar sands—and scientific experts had warned that this could accelerate CO₂ accumulation.